Source: People's Daily Online-Chongqing Channel
The scene of the event. Photo courtesy of Jiangbei Street, Fuling District
On January 25th, the opening ceremony of the 6th China Chongqing Mustard Industry International Expo was held in Erdu Village, Jiangbei Street, and the highlights of the Fuling District Rural Fengji City Exhibition and Trade Fair at the event site were numerous, integrating rural characteristic agricultural products, intangible cultural heritage interaction, folk customs experience, parent-child interaction, and beautiful food, while providing enterprises and farmers with channels for selling agricultural products to the citizens of the whole district, promoting the integrated development of agriculture, culture, sports and tourism in Erdu Village, Jiangbei Street, activating rural vitality and helping rural revitalization.
At the exhibition site, many citizens came to visit, and a dazzling array of agricultural products retained the footsteps of the citizens. A wide variety of agricultural products on the stall are particularly "eye-catching", such as hometown milk tea, handmade mustard, rouge carrot, handmade sweet potato powder, fresh bamboo shoots, strawberries, bowl chicken and other high-quality agricultural products and gourmet "groups" appeared, attracting citizens to buy one after another. Mr. Liu, a citizen, said: "I only knew that the mustard in Jiangbei Street in Fuling District was authentic, but I didn't expect that the handmade sweet potato flour here is also very authentic, and it is delicious to stew pork ribs or boiled fish." ”
The scene of the event. Photo courtesy of Jiangbei Street, Fuling District
In addition to delicacies and special agricultural products, intangible cultural heritage traditions such as sugar paintings, dough sculptures, Fuzhou knotted ropes, and handwritten Spring Festival couplets allow everyone to feel the elegance of the New Year and the strong "New Year's flavor" brought by traditional culture in the interactive experience.
"The harvest of green cabbage in winter is a characteristic of Fuling, and it is very meaningful for children to get close to nature and learn about the characteristics of their hometown through this activity!" said the parents who participated in the parent-child activities. Treasure hunting in the field, making glutinous rice cakes, grinding soybean milk, and tasting "steamer feasts...... Open a new way to play with family travel in the countryside.
The scene of the event. Photo courtesy of Jiangbei Street, Fuling District
"Erdu Village, Jiangbei Street, is one of the first batch of rural revitalization demonstration villages in Chongqing, and is known as the 'world's first mustard village'. Mustard is the 'baby' of Fuling, and it is the characteristic of our village. In recent years, Erdu Village has adhered to the concept of 'turning the countryside into a park, and the agricultural area into a scenic spot', creating 10,000 acres of green cabbage heads all over the mountains, the land landscape of 'the world's first mustard village', the wind dehydrated mustard drying rack, and the 100-meter mustard memory cultural wall. Pan Xiaojiang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Village Committee of Erdu Village, Jiangbei Street, introduced.
On the day of the event, the Fuling Mustard Hot Pot Competition and the 2024 TOP10 selection of "Fuling Baiwei" at the 6th China Chongqing Mustard Industry International Expo, and the local characteristic performance of the "People's Stage" in Jiangbei Street were also held at the same time. Taste the fancy practice of mustard, and the cultural atmosphere of strong nostalgia is presented in the programs written and directed by the masses and performed by themselves. It is reported that Erdu Village, Jiangbei Street, will be led by the mustard industry, the road of integrated development of "science, industry, agriculture, cultural tourism", and polish the gold-lettered signboard of "the world's first mustard village". (Sun Xueyi)